How to Install MySQL 5.7 on Amazon Linux
Amazon Linux 2 come with MariaDB by default. To install MySQL 5.7, install repository with
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sudo rpm -Uvh https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch.rpm |
Install MySQL 5.7 with
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sudo yum install mysql-community-server |
Set MySQL to start on boot
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sudo systemctl enable mysqld |
Start MySQL server
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sudo systemctl start mysqld |
By default MySQL 5.7 installation generate a temporary password. To find the password, run
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sudo grep "password" /var/log/mysqld.log |
To set password and secure the installation, run
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sudo mysql_secure_installation |
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